Sold My Life for My Brother's Birthday Present
On my little brother, Clover Shaw's birthday, I tear up my stomach cancer diagnosis report and use the money I've saved for treatment to buy him the gift he's been talking about for ages.
But when I wake up in the early hours of the night while coughing blood, I hear the disdain in his voice.
"That piece of crap he bought is just 5,000 dollars. It's not even worth as much as my cheapest game! Who would want that garbage?
"He's such an idiot. It's been over 20 years, and he still hasn't figured out that we've been playing poor. He's out there working himself to the bone to scrape together my tuition fees! On top of that, he stinks so much every day! It's disgusting!
Mom, who has always called me the backbone of the Shaw family, angrily speaks up.
"He deserves it! You wouldn't have ended up in the ICU right after you were born just because he stole all your nutrients in the womb. You'd grow up to be young and healthy.
"The fortune teller was right. He's nothing but a leech, and if we don't find ways to torture him, he'll only make your life suffer."
While I collapse on the floor, tears stream down my face nonstop as I stare at the blood pooling in the trash can.
"Don't worry, Mom. You won't have to fuss over my future because I won't have one…"